How many on their deathbeds wished they'd spent more time at the office - or watching TV? The answer is, No one.
Stephen CoveyRead
Leadership is a choice, not a position
Interpretation
Leadership is determined by one's choices and actions rather than by one's title or rank.
This quote emphasizes that true leadership is about the decisions one makes and the responsibility one takes upon themselves, rather than simply holding a official title or position of authority. It suggests that anyone can choose to be a leader through their actions and influence, regardless of their hierarchical level in an organization.
In practice
In a team meeting, to inspire others to take on leadership roles regardless of titles.
How many on their deathbeds wished they'd spent more time at the office - or watching TV? The answer is, No one.
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Listen with your eyes for feelings.
If we live out of our memory, we're tied to the past and to that which is finite. When we live out of our imagination, _x000D_ we're tied to that which is infinite.
Synergy is the highest activity of life; it creates new untapped alternatives; it values and exploits the mental, emotional, and psychological differences between people.
Keep in mind that you are always saying "no" to something. If it isn't to the apparent and urgent things in your life, it is probably to the most fundamental, highly important things.
The standards you establish for others must reflect the standards you set for yourself. No one will follow a hypocrite.
Many leaders are tempted to lead like a chess master, striving to control every move, when they should be leading like gardeners, creating and maintaining a viable ecosystem in which the organization operates.
The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
In the South, there was absence of any leadership corresponding in breadth and courage to that of Abraham Lincoln.
Those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside
All of us are mentors. You're mentors right here and now. And one of the things I've always done throughout my life, I have always found that person, that group of people that I was going to reach my hand out and help bring them along with me.
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